Skirt and method of making the same



Dec.27,'1938. lkwmTER' 2,141,632

SKIRT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Jan. 5, 1938 INVENTOR [r'ulng A. Winter 1 BY /--M 7 'XTTRNEYS is indicated in the drawing as beginning at e, s, Hess hanging in non-flaring folds from the per 35 Patented Dec. 27, 1938 v 2,141,632

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SKIRT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Irving A. Winter, Woodmere, N. Y.

Application January 5, 1938, Serial No. 183,404

2 Claims. (Cl. 2211) The present invention relates to wearing applete freedom of action to the wearer without parel and particularly to skirts, either separate sacrifice of slim appearance. The fullness of the or as parts of dresses, and comprises both a skirt is best shown in Fig. 5 which illustrates the 7 novel method of making skirts and the product way the skirt opens out when the wearer whirls 5 made thereby. More specifically, the invention or spins about. 5 comprises a skirt made from a plurality of gores As heretofore indicated, it is the provision of of novel shape sewed together in such a way as the convex curves 7 forming the abrupt change to give a straight line appearance throughout in shape of the gore which permits the skirt to the length but with maximum fullness at the have fullness at the bottom without flaring; 10 bottom without the effect of a flare. these curved portions in the completed skirt 10 For an understanding of the invention referor ng, in e internal pockets from Which ence may be had to the accompanying drawing hang the folds. Each curved portion of the gore of whichmay be considered as a plurality of different Fig. l is a front view of a dress having a skirt bias Se o s joining the Short s of e 61011- embodying the invention; gated upper portion of the gore with the longer 15 Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one of the novel bias of the lfiwel 0T flared Portion of the egores; The invention has now been described with Fig. 3 is an enlarged d t il i illustrating particular reference to the preferred embodiment the method of joining the gores to form the skirt thereof- Obviously Various C es cOuld be of Fig, 1; made without departing from the spirit of the 20 Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective vi of invention. For example, the relative widths and portion of the skirt illustrating the manner in lengths of the p d bottom p rtions of the which the gores au th ki t t hang in folds; gores could be changed and the curvature at the and junction of the bias sections could be varied. 5 is a iew showing the lower portion of Although as illustrated, the complete Skirt is the Skirt laterally extendei preferably fashioned from a plurality of identical The skirt 2 illustrated in the drawing is made gores, this is not essential as a y f the adof a plurality of gores 4 each preferably of t vantages of the invention would be retained form illustrated on a larger scale in Fig. 2, where p t only of the skirt was so made, as for 0 As shown b t i Fig 2 each gore is t t have example, where fullness in the front or sides an abrupt change in shape and width, which, in y was s ed. the particular embodiment of the invention il- The following is Claimed: lustrated, occurs at or near the knees of the A Skirt having a relatively close fitting D- wearer. This abrupt change in shape and width per portion and a lower portion of greater fullwhere the sides of the lower portion of the gore portion the entire Skirt being Composed of a form convex curve 1 meeting the relatively erti plurality Of substantially identical gores each of cal sides of the upper portion of t gore Above the full length of the skirt and each cut to have the points 6 the gore gradually tapers on a small an abrupt increase of Width at the P011111 ebias to the waistline 8. Below the points 6 and sponding to the top of the folds, the abrupt 40 curves 1, the gore increases in width on a larger Change in Width of each gore e n n the form bias to three or more times that at the waist f co v x v s h edges f which, when adline. n jacent gores are sewn together in the completed In making the skirt the gores 4 are sewn toskirt, extend inwardly toward the wearer.

gether along their sides as shown in Fig. 3. 2. A skirt having gores so cut as to make it 45 In the completed skirt the curves I extend inclose-fitting for a portion of its length with subwardly as shown best in Fig. 4 and the lower stantial fullness at the bottom, each gore being portion of the skirt hangs naturally without of the full length of the skirt and cut to have an pressing in folds which have the appearance of abrupt increase in width where the fullness of definite pleats. As shown in Fig. 1, the skirt the skirt begins, the abrupt change in width be- 50 when worn does not flare or bulge at the bottom ing in the form of convex curves the edges of but retains the slim straight lines of the upper which, when adjacent gores are sewn together in portion. The relatively great width of the skirt the completed skirt, extend inwardly toward the at the bottom combined with the natural hang wearer.

in folds due to the convex curves 1, gives com- IRVING A. WINTER. 

